Depriving your children of the opportunity to play, to socialise, to make lifelong friends, to prepare them for real life, has never sat easy with me

You think you know it all. I certainly did. I wasn’t slow to share my “expertise” in this column, or to criticise others for how they might have gone about their doggy business.

I used to feel like a canine oracle — I am now far more humble (and exhausted) 

It’s difficult to recall any family in recent memory that has received the oxygen of so much publicity

Tom is a father of two children in secondary school. He wants to set a good example for them. He does know that having their dad in prison, serving a lengthy sentence, is not a great place to start.

There's nothing high maintenance or aloof about the West Cork presenter who is incredibly generous with everything, including his time

There have been suggestions that the story was fabricated. Kitty Holland and Dara MacDonaill are journalists of the highest integrity

When it comes to a united Ireland we hit a new level of immaturity in our debate

We've seen and heard far worse in politics but there are wider issues at play

No money is worth putting up with this sort of abuse and potential danger